Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-11
CROP REPORT.
The Corn Crop Cut Very Short by
Drou!h in The Great CDrn States
OF the West.
Couduinn OF Cotton Fair aud . Big Crop
MAY be EaissG-!4Gv CoudiGaa Gf
TsbAcco reported.

WASHINGTON, Aug. i0-T &c prospect
g monta ago was Tor . very A-svy crop
Of corn md the rate Of We'd Wa a5Ju.
the average. Us condition IN 81 The
states Of the Atlantis coast l., now uatm-
paired End OF very higl promise. n
Tex.s sad Tennessee the condition has
declined materially IL the ceutrsi ccra
regions, however, in the valleys Ct O1i0
AMI Missouri ara where two thi.ds II the
crop is grown and the commercial
supply is procured, ye;y heavy
reduction hiss taken place which mas
made the national average 50 instead Of
81 last month. The cause is long cor
timed drouth, which Mss been seyerest
in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Michigan. Nebraska has Osen scOrched
en- the southern border, and Iowa sId
Missouri hsYe escaped with comparative
ly light loss, IS have the more northern
states. Seven corn reports state the
stand as follows: Oslo s., Indians "a
Illinois g., lowe 20, Missouri 80, Kansas
So, Nebraska -.
The cOnCition OF spring wheat reported
ye-y low LIST month from the ravages
OF chiEch bugs is not improved in
August returns, bu. has fsllen
of very slightly. The general
average being = 5, out THO points less
than august returns for las. yyar d.
kCta has made slight gain gGi stants
highes in condition. Tle ayer,ge for
Wisconsin Is IS; MinnesotS, -: IJwa,
-; Nebrasks, -; Dakota, $. In tn
extreme east and on the raC.I; Co9s- the
condition Of spring wheat is IiGl. There
js 40 report Of winter wheat tie present
month IS it Is TOO early to CDts.n me re-
suit q threshiu@ Thee is no change.
Part of breadth was harvested 3 last re
port. Tne condition averages >5.G, which
indicates .. crop slightly uLder tac aver
age.
The barley crop promised to yield
rsthsT better tLgn it was last month Pre-
diCttd The western product averaged
higher in condition, but is reduced
slightly since the isst report. The aver
eye is s. ,, indicating n,ariy ~ average
yield.
The 5uckwheat area appears to BE- the
same a. last year, and averages about ~
in condition. There is 4 great reduc ION
since July IN the condition of potatoes.
There is no material decline on the 4 Ian
tic coast, but the injury is severe ID the
west. The loss durI4g the month as re-
ported is fully . per cent. CT the pros
pee i've crop.
TIE fruit crop is very poor. There
viii be but few apples outside
Of New York and New El-
gland. There will be partial
crop IN Michigan II Ohio river
states harvest Will be nearly i failuze.
TTra he ~ cvDy, ir % --afi-1..4.9 -, rs-asr
The general average Is SO.
Cotton She past mon mas been ususlIy
distributed in point OF time. DrOu,h
Threatening at one period and damaging
floods following in the east OF the belt.
Moisture predomiHates IS q factor OF de
probation. The weed is therefore large,
and the fruit fal. appears II some fields
seriously, and III some cases rust appears
in Louisiana. Similar conditions have
prevailed, only cry partia II, IN Missis-
sippi. Texas has been too dry, though
dronth mas not as yet been disastrous
The present status of the crop is very
good for the first Of August, while re-
ports recognize this as critical time and
fer the effect Of subsequent drOuth upon
the green piGpt. Precedent condition of
the plant. comparison of ten wears for
AUgu. t'8coniitioD, is only exceeded
by that Cf 1882 aud 1857, one
producing7 large crop, Inc other
uIder medium yisld. The general aver
age OF the condition is 20 q, whiCl IS low
er by three points thau OF July. Nine
states average are Virginia, u; North
Carolina, &c; South Carolina, %; Geor-
ga, %; Florida, 9J; Ala5sma, %; Mis-
sissippi, Sc; Louisiana, "A; Texas, 81;
Arkansas, ~; Tennessee, %. The first
brood Of catcrpillars has appeared in sew
eral states, but it is not generally men
toned. 1t is reported in OraE9eburo and
Barley, S. c.; in Calhoun, Tyler, Dooley
and Lsurens, Ga; in Hale and Dallas
Ala. in Hartney, Newton, IsssqueIs enc
| Oktibbeha, Miss in Red River, Booster
Natchitoches aud IberviJIe, La. and il
! Stephens, Camp and Jackson, Tex. The
bolIworm is much Jess frequently men
toned.
The tobacco crop is in high condition
in the seed leaf states, averaging nearly
| 100 except in Wisconsin. The shipping
and cutting districts OF the west make
an unprecedented report of the low cen
dltion; Pennsylvania, 20; Kentucky
| %; Ohio, 50; Indians, 81; illinois, 81
| Missouri, 30. In view of the heavy re.
ductiOn in the acreage, only small frag
ment OF the usual crop may be expected
An oficial Investigation of the area nov
in progress will determine the breadth
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